Lightning prospect Chris Lawrence and Lightning Traverse City invitee Travis Fuller combined for 3 goals and 4 points as the Mississauga Ice Dogs defeated London 5-0 in OHL preseason action last night. The Mississauga News highlighted Fuller, who was acquired from Barrie last year, for his production and work ethic - two ingredients that could earn Fuller a contract with the Lightning in the future. Fuller had two goals and set up Lawrence's marker for the Ice Dogs.
Fuller, a six-foot-one-inch winger, had 22 goals and 26 assists for 48 points in Barrie last year. He had a goal and an assist in 5 scrimmage games for Team White in July's prospect camp.
Note: Exhibition boxscores are hard to come by in the WHL and OHL, so preseason recaps will be infrequent for the time being.

Anton But had 3 goals and an assist in three games finishing second on Team Russia as the won the Ceske Poijstovna Cup this weekend. Russia went 3-0 in the tournament including a dramatic 4-3 shootout victory over Sweden in the tournament opener. Defenseman Andreas Holmqvist had 1 goal and a -1 rating in three games for Sweden in the tournament.

With his club team Ilves playing a preseason tournament in Switzerland, Lightning goaltending prospect [url=riku-helenius]Riku Helenius[/url] was at the 4 Nations Tournament this weekend representing Team Finland. Helenius went 1-1 in the tournament defeating Russia 6-2 and falling 3-2 against Sweden. The 2006 1st round pick finished with a .934 save percentage for the tournament and a 2.51 GAA. 2006 7th round pick [url=denis-kazionov]Denis Kazionov[/url] also played in the tounrament finishing with an assist and 4 penalty minutes in 3 games with a +1 rating. Kazionov will return to Russia for the beginning of the Superleague season for KHK MVD next week. Helenius will fly to North America to join [url=karri-ramo]Karri Ramo[/url] between the pipes for the Lightning's Traverse City prospect team.

(Note: Article courtesy of the [i]Prince George Free Press[/i]. Direct link to article not available.)
[b]Vlad Stands Out in a Crowd[/b]
By Harpreet Sidhu, PG Free Press
Vladimir Mihalik was easy to spot on the ice during Sundayâ€™s intra-squad game at the CN Centre. The 6â€™8â€ defenceman was towering above his teammates during scrimmages all weekend long.
Mihalik was selected 30th overall during the in 2005 NHL entry draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Last season he played for the Red Deer Rebels where he collected three goals and nine assists in 62 games. He also dressed for Slovakia at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Vancouver.

Jared Nightingale, the Michigan State University product who spent 10 tryout games with the Springfield Falcons last year, has signed a two-way AHL/ECHL contract with the Iowa Stars that should see him split the season with Iowa (AHL) and the Idaho Steelheads (ECHL). Nightingale had a goal and an assist in his 10 games with the Falcons last year, also earning 18 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound right-handed defenseman played in 156 games in four seasons at Michigan State, where he accumulated 161 penalty minutes and 23 points (21 assists, two goals).
Also, Mike Oullette, who played for the Falcons after completing his career at Dartmouth College, was signed by the Hartford Wolfpack. Oullette, who had one assist in three games with Springfield, was part of the Lightning's prospect camp in July. The center had one assist in five scrimmage games.